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Sitting under the umbrella's shade, Sora watched as Dagon mindlessly floated in the ocean, sometimes seeing him swim back whenever he got too close to the shore. As the waves gently clashed with one another, Sora brushed off the sand that had fallen on the towel she was sitting on, making sure it was all gone before propping her chin on her hands to enjoy the breeze that passed by.
Peering over towards Mahito who was laying down on a lounge chair next to her, both of his eyes were closed shut but by the smile lifting up the corners of his mouth, Sora could only guess he was awake and enjoying the silence.
On their way to Dagon's domain, he had let her know that Geto had plans that involved the three of them to be there. Hours had passed since then but to her luck, the ocean proved to be successful in letting time pass faster than she had anticipated.
Perceiving the smell of smoke close by, Sora looked away from the crystalline ocean, searching through the sky and in seconds, found a long trail of smoke dispersing through the air. Following its trail, she found Jogo, almost indiscernible behind the lush greenery of the palm trees he was surrounded in.
Seeming to have a one-sided argument with Hanami who was silent unlike him who was screaming incoherencies, large clouds of smoke continued to come out of his head until they were completely obscured by it.
Listening to Jogo's aggravated voice, a large spiral of lava emerged soon after, surrounding a palm tree close to it in flames before plummeting to the ground in ashes.
"Stop speaking!" Jogo irritatingly yelled out before turning to walk away. Seeing him head towards them, Sora moved back to face the ocean once more, making sure to look away to avoid making any sort of eye contact with him. Muttering incoherencies as he passed by, Jogo soon sat down on a chair far away from them.
Lava continued to flow out of his head, reaching the sand below him and turning it black.
Hearing a small laugh beside her, Sora looked up to see Mahito's face morphed into one of delight as he too seemed to have watched everything. "Jogo seems to have quite the level of patience doesn't he?" He sarcastically remarked as Hanami's footsteps neared them. Turning around to see the tree Jogo had burned down, Sora was quick to see a bunch of yellow flowers resting over the ashes.
They were flowers that couldn't grow near a beach shore.
Turning back around, Sora was surprised to see those same flowers resting on Hanami's open palms. "What flower is it?" Sora inquired.
"Daffodils," Hanami replied before kneeling down to hand some of them to Sora. As she reached out to touch their petals, an electric pain quickly traveled up her hand, making her wince in discomfort as she brought her injured arm back to her chest. Allowing the pain to subside, Sora sighed as soon as it disappeared.
